Experimental ambient music from around the world

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all the tracks I made - or which I have been involved in - this year

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big thanks and hugs to the friends and colleagues who helped me to keep the music flowing

(2024) all the works

fave listenings of this month

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in the photo: Aphex Twin

"musica assoluta" (dicembre 2024)

the pieces I made - or which I have been involved in - this month

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hugs and thanks

(2024) December works

RC Network

Marco Lucchi : synthesizer, piano and tape
Henrik Meierkord : cello and viola

found sounds:
https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/709287/

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5 gennaio 2024
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"I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe...
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark
Near the Tannhäuser Gates.
All those... moments... will be lost in time,
Like tears... in... rain.
Time... to die..."

Rutger Hauer

Like tears in rain [Lied ohne Worte] w/Henrik Meierkord

Diogo Lopes : electronics
Marco Lucchi : synthesizers

gennaio 2024

Diogo Lopes & Marco Lucchi - Drowning

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers

for the current Disquiet Junto challenge
https://disquiet.com/2024/01/11/disquiet-junto-project-0628-alchemical-brothers/

15 gennaio 2024

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Separation is the stage where we make our thoughts and emotions more defined by practicing introspection, self-awareness, and self-analysis.

A simple example of this process is understanding the difference between our anger and our grief or the conflicting desire to isolate ourselves but also connect with other people.

The process of separation involves truly becoming aware of our authentic feelings towards others and ourselves. In this stage, we choose to experience our anger, frustration, or disappointment towards another or ourselves, rather than reverting back to the old habit of dutifully trying to “forgive and forget” because it is the “right” or comfortable thing to do (or, on the other hand, to react and hold a grudge).

Separation is closely entwined with shadow work in that we must allow all feelings and thoughts within us to surface side by side and become aware of our “darker side.” This practice helps us to isolate particular elements of our character to honestly see and assess them, then to eventually consciously embrace and transform them."

https://lonerwolf.com/spiritual-alchemy/

The 3rd Stage [disquiet # 0628] 447 hz

The 3rd Stage [disquiet # 0628] 447 hz Lucchi/Meierkord

Ambient Cat is a new sub-label of Chitra Records, curated by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) and Derek Carter (KapTep). The mix features tracks from the label's already released albums, as well as from upcoming releases.

https://www.chitrarecords.com/ambient-cat

01. Dionisaf - Tantric Cat (Healing Music) https://dionisaf.bandcamp.com/track/tantric-cat
02. Le Code - Looking to the Sky (Early Morning) https://le-code.bandcamp.com/track/early-morning
03. Andrew Lozano - Purity (Purity) https://andrewlozano.bandcamp.com/track/purity
04. Blanket Swimming - Flight from Neptune (Seeing the Circles Above)
05. Michael D. Tidwell & Ghostloop - Omicron (Omicron)
06. Piscean Daydreams - Schumann Resonance (ReGenesis)
07. Sacred Seeds - Missing Space (Between Spaces)
08. Dionisaf & Suseti - Inner Youth (Solar Punk)
09. Christian Alsemgeest - Tides (Scene 1) (Scenes)
10. Zen Lemon - Esmee (Remedy for a Broken Mind)

Picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf) with AI
Artwork and cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Watch on YouTube ▶️

Chitra Podcast #15 Ambient Cat Sneak Peek Mix

Buy album: https://scapeone.bandcamp.com/album/sunset-your-mindset
Stream: share.amuse.io/BLNelLDj89Tq

Across The Clearing

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers, glockenspiel and tape

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for the current Disquiet Junto challenge
https://disquiet.com/2024/07/18/disquiet-junto-project-0655-soothing-sounds-ii/

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23 luglio 2024

Fados 1988-2008 [Webbed Hand wh105]

[1988] lullaby 1977 [disquiet # 0655]

Joseph Valentino is a visual artist and musician living in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona. He has been active in electronic music from the time he started DJing at house parties and raves in 1994 and then producing his own music under the moniker of Neglect in 2005. Most of his sonic output is released on his own Bandcamp page Neglectsound but he had tracks on labels such as Boomarm Nation, Shimmering Moods, Adventurous Music, and Harmonic Ooze. 

"I had been thinking about a mix for several months but just couldn't get around to it. It's much easier to put it all together with a set of turntables, a mixer, and a CD deck but over the past few years, I have grown to prefer using Logic Pro to create mixes that don't require beat matching. It gives me the flexibility to add unreleased tracks of my own or make edits to songs or take things out at the last minute without having to re-record the whole session. I tend to get too tied up with working on my own music to refocus my attention on creating mixes so I tend to keep notes with a pad and pencil to get the ideas rolling. This one had some key tracks that I considered to set the tone for the story I wanted to create, it was just a matter of some sewing and patching to get the flow right. Thanks for listening and please use headphones". 

https://soundcloud.com/neglectsound

01. Sinéad O'Connor - Trouble Of The World (Trouble Of The World) https://heavenlyrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/trouble-of-the-world-2
02. Neglect - Pleasures Lose Meaning When They Happen All The Time (Pleasures Lose Meaning When They Happen All The Time) https://harmonicoozerecords.bandcamp.com/album/pleasures-lose-meaning-when-they-happen-all-the-time
03. Halftribe - Swimming Off That Sombre Shore (For the Summer, or Forever) https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-summer-or-forever
04. HiriHara - Torn (Khayin) https://hirihara.bandcamp.com/album/khayin
05. Jon Hassell - Manga Scene (Listening To Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)) https://jonhassell.bandcamp.com/album/listening-to-pictures-pentimento-volume-one
06. Roméo Poirier - Pénombre (Hotel Nota) https://youtu.be/NLTSTbsbeLA
07. Le Petit - Spunto 2 (Le Petit) https://youtu.be/JJu8DXfY96o
08. Jake Muir - Side B (Enmixed) https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/enmixed
09. Rookas - Sonos (Static Motion) https://staticmotion.bandcamp.com/album/static-motion
10. Neglect - Blood Of Time (Single) https://neglectsound.bandcamp.com/track/blood-of-time
11. Monolake - Null Pointer (Silence) https://youtu.be/-Xzgx0XtaYk
12. Ghost Warrior - Empty Roads (Single) https://ghostwarrior.bandcamp.com/track/empty-roads
13. Forest Management - I'm Just Going To Lay Down (The Elevated Quiet) https://forestmanagement.bandcamp.com/album/the-elevated-quiet
14. Pub - Summer (Nick Rapaccioli Remake) (Summer) https://youtu.be/J0UfCNS0Kgs
15. Datassette - Let's Move to Belgium (Zetex) https://misc-works.bandcamp.com/album/zetex
16. Unknown Artist - H 02
17. Brandon Moeller - Accident (Pathways) https://ctatsu.bandcamp.com/album/pathways
18. Milieu - Across the Surface of the Water (Across the Surface of the Water) https://milieumusic.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-surface-of-the-water

Picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Chitra Podcast #16 Ambient Mix by Neglect

Live recording of the sound performance Bird Radio on June 1, 2024. StromWandlungSchall III

bird radio

Finest Drunk Teaser

Artist: Various Artists
Album: Meliora
Label: Fur:ther Sessions
Cat. No.: FSR008
Artwork: Frank Weidenfelder
Mastering: Gio Conti at Artefacts Mastering
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release Date: 07/02/2025

Buy it here: 
https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com/album/meliora

Tracklist:
A1. Na Nich - Crust
A2. Kohra - Jatayu
B1. Adam Pits - Slipstream
B2. Tywi - Lifeforms

Na Nich:
https://soundcloud.com/sunchase
https://instagram.com/nanich_sunchase
https://facebook.com/nanich.ukraine

Kohra:
https://soundcloud.com/kohra
https://instagram.com/kohra_
https://facebook.com/kohra.in

Adam Pits:
https://soundcloud.com/adampits
https://instagram.com/adam__pits
https://facebook.com/adampitsmusic

Tywi:
https://soundcloud.com/tywi
https://instagram.com/tywi.dj
https://facebook.com/tywidj

Fur:ther Sessions:
https://soundcloud.com/furthersessions
https://furthersessions.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/further_sessions
https://formaviva.com/furthersessions
https://facebook.com/furthersessions
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3irNAR4

Meliora

Buy it here

PREVIEW: Meliora w/ Na Nich, Kohra, Adam Pits & Tywi | FSR008

2024 has seen Dani and I getting to play in a room that just happens to have a full size grand piano. Its called the Organ room due to it housing a 200 year old pipe organ but we have kept our dirty little hands of that instrument. Over summer we are going to select a bunch of these improvs for a new album to celebrate our time in this fantastic place

Kirby/Ward Organ Room Jam #12

十二月（December）

鋼空こわれゆく世も知らぬげに

The December sky is cold as steel and indifferent to the misery on the ground.

Art work:  wal_172619 via Pixabay

十二月（December）

Resonance

untitled 18

Untitled 18 For String Quartet & Tape

2024 - 12 - 02 17 38 29 Microfreak Cosmos

Marco Lucchi - harmonic cello 

playing with
https://soundcloud.com/paul-beaudoin/a-dwelling-place-for-2-manual

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"Voll verdienst, doch dichterisch, wohnet der Mensch auf dieser Erde"

F. Hoelderlin

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4 dicembre 2024

Dichterisch

Dear friends,

It has been a long time since we last released a compilation – our previous one was back in 2020. For the 100th release of our label, we felt it was the perfect occasion to celebrate in great company! We invited many musicians who have collaborated with Dronarivm in the past to create joint tracks with an artist of their choice. The result is 24 uniquely diverse tracks that showcase the vast musical spectrum of the genre we generally call "Ambient."

We are proud to present Illuminations III, a compilation created as a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who has supported us over the years. This includes musicians, listeners, visual artists, photographers, designers, podcasters, reviewers, and everyone who has helped us grow and move forward.

Illuminations III features over two hours of outstanding music from leading ambient producers, and just like any true gift, it's completely free to download. Of course, if you wish, you can contribute any amount you find appropriate. All proceeds will go toward supporting and further developing our projects.

For those who prefer a physical format, the album is also available as a print-on-demand double CDr.

We hope you enjoy this release – a labor of love that took over six months to create. Thank you for your continued support!

Henrik Meierkord & Marco Lucchi - Illuminations III (free download) - 04 Sehnsucht

Paul Beaudoin : organ
Marco Lucchi : synthesizer
Jacques Lemaire : synthesizers and piano

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dicembre 2024

Paul Beaudoin, Marco Lucchi & Jacques Lemaire - Dichterisch

a track by Marco Lucchi reworked by Mean Flow

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photo by Daria Gabriel

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dicembre 2024

Mean Flow & Marco Lucchi - A broken arpeggio (2nd rework)

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers and piano

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13 dicembre 2024

À l'aurore, armés d'une ardente patience, nous entrerons aux splendides Villes

This Retrospective mix is ​​dedicated to the third anniversary of the Chitra Records label and consists of tracks from different releases, starting with the latest and ending with the very first track, released on the Noises of Nature compilation on December 17, 2021.

01. Deep Dive Sound - In the Stillness of Green (Where Shadows Sleep) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/where-shadows-sleep
02. Dionisaf - Cyclone (Scrapbook) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/scrapbook
03. Dvory & July in January - Diamond Glints (Warm Hands) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/warm-hands
04. Marco Lucchi & Henrik Meierkord - The Third Stage (Lieder Ohne Worte) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/lieder-ohne-worte
05. Dionisaf - Symbols on the Stones (Memories of the Present) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/memories-of-the-present
06. KapTep - NPN-Reel (The Perfect Error) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-perfect-error
07. DRGBL5 - The Box (The Wasteland) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-wasteland
08. Adrian Lane - Water Wash Away the Waves (Water Wash Away the Waves) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-wash-away-the-waves
09. Demetrio Cecchitelli - Environment 2 (Towards the Unknown) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/towards-the-unknown
10. zYklen - 7:45 pm - Warp & Weft (Palace of Chords) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/palace-of-chords
11. Soloi Sounds - Warmth (Currents) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/currents
12. Pagination - Somehow Diminished (Status) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/status
13. Michele Andreotti - False Awakening Loops (Sonoris) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sonoris
14. Blanket Swimming & Demetrio Cecchitelli - Light Passage (Sein) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sein
15. Sebby Kowal - Particles (Take This Moment) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/take-this-moment
16. Darren McClure - Mold (Mold) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mold
17. BinJa - Vishnu Hare (Atmareka) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/atmareka
18. Macrogramma - Mawaru (Pacification) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/pacification
19. Toni Dimitrov - The Road to Revolution (Noises of Nature) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/noises-of-nature

Mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Three Year Retrospective Mix

Chitra Podcast #17 Three Year Retrospective Mix

Bandcamp

Celestial (Matheiu Remix)

A curated selection of immersive lo-fi ambient from the American producer known for his gentle, noisy, textural soundscapes.

01. Yosuke Kakegawa - Anima (Casual Now) https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/album/casual-now
02. Blanket Swimming & Demetrio Cecchitelli - Wandering Streets (Sein) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sein
03. KapTep & Sebby Kowal - 404 Error Page Not Found (Switch) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/switch
04. First Snow of the Year - Hibernation (Hibernation) https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/hibernation
05. Blochemy - Kerca (Avey) https://lontanoseries.bandcamp.com/album/avey
06. Thme - Mirage (Anti Atlas) https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/anti-atlas
07. Tides - From Dust (Where Her Flowers Still Bloom) https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/where-her-flowers-still-bloom
08. Dionisaf - Wabi (Shibui) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/shibui
09. Jogging House - Comcorder (Rendezvous) https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/album/rendezvous
10. Brannan Lane - Northern Lights (Part 1) (Northern Lights) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/northern-lights
11. E J R M & Unusual Cosmic Process - Is This a Mirage or Are We There (Incandescence) https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/incandescence

Mixed by Derek Carter (KapTep)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Chitra Podcast #18 Noise Ambient Mix by KapTep

A mix of raw and atonal Noise dedicated to the memory of Anatoly Ryk, who was tortured to death in 2023 in a pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don for his anti-war position, as well as to all Russians who were repressed by the cruel Putin's regime.

01. Рык-Синт - Родина-Смерть (Родина-Смерть) https://ryk-synth.bandcamp.com/album/-
02. RGBL5 - Morning Rain (The Wasteland) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-wasteland
03. Dvory & July in January - Shining Pond of Pure Emotions (Warm Hands) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/warm-hands
04. Papa Srapa & That Black - Донецкие ночи (Unofficial release)
05. Kerf - Mold (Mold) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mold
06. Dionisaf - Behind the Screen (Clusters) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/clusters
07. Papa Srapa - Bio Logic 6 (Bio Logic) https://youtu.be/USTrg4dElWo
08. RGBL5 - Past Life (The Wasteland) https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-wasteland
09. Рык-Синт - Карательная психиатрия (Родина-Смерть) https://ryk-synth.bandcamp.com/album/-

Mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Dionis Afonichev with AI
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Chitra Podcast #19 Motherland-Death | Russian Noise Mix

Experimental ambient music label.

Surreal music for a deep listening experience.